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This Chennai Potato Varuval recipe is sent to me by a reader/friend/follower from g+. The original recipe is from chef Damu. It tasted good, when I had with pepper rasam. It is not much spicy also and my lo also loved it. 

Some other Potato recipes for you to check
Spicy Potato Roast
Simple Potato Fry
Potato Poriyal
Potato Pulao
Urulai kizhangu Kuruma

Chennai Potato Varuval

Preparation time: 15 min | Cook Time: 10 min | Serves: 4

Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

Boiled Potato - 3 medium sized 

Onion - 1 chopped finely 

Garlic - 4 to 5 cloves chopped finely 

Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 3/4 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/5 tsp

Salt as per taste 

Green chilli - 1 chopped finely 

Curry leaves - 1 spring 

Lemon juice - 2 tsp ( from half a lemon)

Fried gram dal powder / - 1 tbsp

(Pottukadalai maavu)

Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method

1. Boil the potato. Cut into cubes and keep it ready. Prepare the pottukadalai powder ( fried gram dal powder ) and keep it ready. In a kadai, add oil and when it is hot, add the fennel seeds, curry leaves. Add the green chilli and onion and fry till onion are translucent. 

2. Add the ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell goes off. Add in the potato pieces. 

3. Add the turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt, coriander powder and chopped garlic. Sauté them till the powders are cooked and well coated with the potato. Add in the lemon juice. 

4. Add in the pottukadalai powder and mix well. Finally garnish with coriander leaves and serve. 

5. Yummy chennai potato curry is ready. 

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Simple Potato Fry / Aloo fry / Urulai fry ( no onion no garlic version ) is one of the recipe, which I always relish. I am a die hard fan of Potatoes... this Potato fry is as simple as that and I love this recipe from my childhood days. It tastes great when eaten with curd rice or just the potato fry itself... he he he.. I used to eat like that... 

How to make Simple Potato Fry - No onion no garlic version 

Ingredients

• Potato - 3 (cut into small pieces, mostly in square shaped)
• Mustard seeds - 1 pinch (optional)
• Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
• Coriander powder - 1/4 tsp
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Salt as per taste 

Method

Wash the potato and keep ready.

Cut into small pieces as shown below. (If you want you can slightly remove the skin).

In a pan, add oil and when the oil is hot, add the potatos and start frying.

After 5 min, add the chilli powder, coriander powder, salt and turmeric powder.

Mix it well and Again fry for another 5 to 8 min.

When the potato becomes soft and crush-able by hand, switch off the flame.

Delicious side dish is ready.

Below is my old picture...

                        

Yummy and Simple Potato fry is ready to be served... You can have it with simple curd rice, or rasam sadham...

You can check other Potato recipes below
Potato masala
Potato Kurma Kuzhambu
Potato Stew
Potato Poriyal
Potato Roast